Chapter 102: Disciple Shen Liqian Thanks Honored Master For The Teachings
Ming Zhaoshuang had not thought about these issues since coming to the Cultivation World.
She was a person who accepted things as they came, rarely delving into the reasons. She would often think about what she needed to do to improve, rather than why she had ended up this way.
To the extent that when she tried to ponder, think, and delve deeply now, she actually felt a chill crawl up her spine.
Perhaps sensing Ming Zhaoshuang’s unease, Ming Chenxing suddenly spoke, “The Eldest Young Lady has not yet come of age, what’s so strange about a mole?”
Shen Liqian also said, “Exactly. I think Zhaoshuang’s mole is very well-placed. Originally, Zhaoshuang was beautiful but looked extremely cold, as if unapproachable. With this mole, some of the coldness is gone, and she has gained a bit of charm, making her even more fitting for her personality.”
Fei Changxiu looked up again, carefully observing Ming Zhaoshuang’s features and agreed, “Indeed, Junior Sister is becoming more and more beautiful.”
Suddenly, he chuckled and said to Ming Zhaoshuang, “Junior Sister is so beautiful, why don’t you become my Dao Companion in the future…”
Before he could finish speaking, Ming Chenxing attacked with a sword, almost slashing his face.
“It’s not like you, Xiao Chenxing, to be so serious over a joke! Besides, why am I not worthy of being Junior Sister’s Dao Companion! I am also one of the Six Great Clans, I am also dashing and handsome, and I am also highly cultivated and diligent in my practice!”
Fei Changxiu jumped up and yelled at Ming Chenxing.
Qin Feilong’s expression also turned displeased.
Although he had already broken off his engagement with Ming Zhaoshuang, he found Fei Changxiu’s joke a bit insensitive.
He said slowly, “Indeed, you are not worthy.”
Ming Chenxing drew his sword again and fought Fei Changxiu, saying coldly, “Indeed, the Eldest Young Lady is beautiful, and you are presumptuous.”
Fei Changxiu said while running, “If it wasn’t you, how could you still have the energy to fight! Didn’t we just finish a trial! I’m really impressed, can you stop chasing me! I don’t want to fight you! I don’t want to fight you, ahhhh!”
Ming Zhaoshuang chuckled, and the temporary gloom actually dissipated.
Looking down, the dragon was tightly coiled, as if expressing its displeasure, but it also seemed to be considering that she was too heavily injured to dare to show it.
Just now, almost all of Ming Zhaoshuang’s bones were shattered, and only the arm wrapped by the dragon remained unharmed.
It wasn’t that she was protecting the dragon, but because the dragon’s skin was too tough, the sound blades hitting it were not painful at all.
It had to be said that the dragon was worthy of being the most powerful race in the Cultivation World; even with its cultivation lost, its body was still strong enough to resist most injuries.
“It’s alright, Senior Brother Fei was just joking, he won’t marry me.”
Ming Zhaoshuang didn’t understand why she was saying these things to a dragon, but she responded naturally.
Qin Feilong, standing nearby, looked at her strangely, wondering who Ming Zhaoshuang was talking to, perhaps herself?
Some recovered, some chatted, until Yiqi Huang’s song ended. The sky was filled with rosy clouds, the sun set in the west, the moon rose over the Azure Sea, and a silent night enveloped this beautiful and tranquil immortal realm.
Yiqi Huang stopped playing the Konghou and turned to look at them, a hint of expectation hidden in his clear, watery eyes.
“Shen Liqian of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, congratulations on breaking the formation.”
Yiqi Huang’s voice was faint, yet it sounded like a clap of thunder. The youngsters looked at Yiqi Huang, not understanding that Shen Liqian had also broken the formation, and had also defeated him?
And what was Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea? Their Junior Sister Shen was from the Ao Tian Sect in the Lower Cultivation World, when did she become someone from the Upper Cultivation World’s Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea?
Although Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea sounded impressive, they couldn’t openly poach people like this.
As everyone was thinking, they saw Yiqi Huang had already given the reward for breaking the formation to Shen Liqian.
It was a token.
The material of the token was naturally excellent, but its meaning was far more important than the material.
Engraved on the token was a fish with wings, submerged in water, with its upper half of its spine exposed. On the spine were mountain reefs, pavilions, and towers, which were also the true location of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea.
This token symbolized the Elder Council of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea.
It turned out that Yiqi Huang wanted Shen Liqian to become an elder of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea.
Shen Liqian, only just past her coming-of-age ceremony and at the mid-stage Nascent Soul, could actually gain the recognition of the Music Saint Yiqi Huang and become an elder of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea! This might also be the youngest elder in Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea!
While everyone was surprised, Qin Feilong lowered his eyes and looked at the Konghou in Shen Liqian’s hand, which was no different from Yiqi Huang’s. He understood and said to Shen Liqian:
“Congratulations, Junior Sister Liqian.”
Shen Liqian responded, but did not accept the token Yiqi Huang handed over, and asked Yiqi Huang, “I did not defeat you, why did you judge that I broke the formation?”
She had indeed made great progress, and could even be said to have reached enlightenment, but this was still far from being able to defeat Yiqi Huang. Her cultivation and musical skills were still far inferior to Yiqi Huang’s, and there was simply no possibility of defeating him.
Even when she was guiding Yiqi Huang’s music, if Yiqi Huang had changed the tune, she would not have been able to successfully help Ming Zhaoshuang and the others pass.
“Do you think any Music Cultivator, or even Sword Cultivator, in the past nearly hundred thousand years, besides that guy Feng He, could defeat me before the age of twenty?”
Yiqi Huang smiled and looked at Shen Liqian, a hint of arrogant spirit hidden in his calm eyes.
“There are many strengths in this world that can conquer skills, and many ingenious ideas that can break through great force. When I set up this formation, Wei Shuo and I never intended to block one path completely. If you could truly compete with me as a Music Cultivator, or slay me with your sword as a Sword Cultivator, I would consider you to have broken the formation. But the initial intention of setting up this formation was to help you break through your own limits, recognize yourselves, and to help you trust and unite with your teammates.”
“In the first trial, if there was no cooperation, no one would have individually slain the Gu Diao; in the second trial, if there was no trust, no one would have been able to sever the lotus platform from across the vast poisonous creatures; in the third trial, if there had been disputes regarding the passage, it would have been absolutely impossible to break the Chain Formation.”
Yiqi Huang looked at the youngsters with burning eyes, “As for my trial, the most important thing, you have already learned.”
Entrusting lives to each other, refusing to betray even in death.
Breaking through oneself, trusting teammates.
Only then could they truly gain Yiqi Huang’s recognition and make Yiqi Huang sincerely submit and yield.
Shen Liqian looked at Yiqi Huang, her eyes filled with reverence, and bowed deeply to him.
“Disciple Shen Liqian thanks Honored Master for the teachings.”
If it weren’t for Yiqi Huang’s guidance, she might not only have failed to break the formation but also lost her hands and ruined her cultivation career.
Upon hearing the title “Honored Master,” Yiqi Huang’s eyebrows seemed to curve, and he said, “I knew I wouldn’t casually give Su Nu Chou to anyone else; it turns out you are my disciple. Since that is the case, I must give you another cultivation technique. Do you remember the melody I played today?”
Shen Liqian nodded and said, “Disciple remembers.”
As Shen Liqian was a Spiritually Connected Sacred Body of the Path of Musical Sound, remembering Yiqi Huang’s melody was naturally not a problem.
Yiqi Huang said, “Then, every day henceforth, you must play it at least ten times. If you can comprehend its core principles, that would be best. If you cannot comprehend them, then sooner or later, someone will deliver it into your hands.”
As Yiqi Huang spoke, he sat down again, facing the clear moon and gentle breeze, and slowly played another tune.
This was an ordinary calming and healing melody.
Yiqi Huang’s voice came, “Go to sleep. When you wake up again, your bodies will have recovered by at least thirty percent. As for the fifth trial, it will not harm your physical bodies.”
